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Mining & the mines, 1889

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Silver-mining in Tasmania. (By Cable.)

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 April 1889 · page 7

HOBART, Friday.--The Minister for Lands to-day promised a deputation that he would authorise the construction of a road from Waratah to Heazlewood for the opening up of…

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Ii—mr. Heney Newton. Gold Medallist for Mathematics

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 April 1889 · page 19

The fortunate winner of the University's gold medal for mathematics this year is Mr. Henry Newton, who is the adopted son of the Rev. F. R. Newton, who for some time was…

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Mount Costigan Silver Mine. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 April 1889 · page 7

Sir,--In your issue of Tuesday appears an article with the above heading. In justice to myself allow me to say a few words in vindication of my own character…

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Mount Costigan Lead and Silver Mining Company, Limited

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 13 April 1889 · page 771

A meeting of shareholders in the abovenamed company was held at the Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday afternoon to receive the report from Mr. A. D. Nelson, who was deputed by the shareholders and directors to…

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How They Work the Mountain of Gold. Chlorination at Mount Morgan

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 13 April 1889 · page 19

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Metropolitan District Court. Friday. First Court.—(Before Mr. District Court Judgs Wilkinson.) Lithgow Colliery Company V. M'KENZI[?]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 April 1889 · page 8

This was a case in which the Lithgow Valley Colliery Company sought to recover the sum of £44 7s. 6d. from G. B. M'Kenzie, of Grafton Wharf. The plaint set forth that the defendant represented to the…

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Sydney University Medallists, 1889. I.—MR. J. F. M'manamey, Gold Medallist for Classics

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 April 1889 · page 19

Mr. John F. M'Manamey, who has won the gold, medal for classics this year at the Sydney University, and whose portrait we publish in this issue, is the son of Mr. W. M'Manamey, of…

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The Sudest Goldfield. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 April 1889 · page 7

BRISBANE, Thursday.--The schooner Griffin has arrived at Cooktown from Sudest. She reports a further find of gold at St. Aignaus. Trouble seems inevitable among the miners, as…

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Mining

Evening News · Monday 15 April 1889 · page 3

SILVERTON, Friday.-A splendid nugget of gold, weighing 4 1/2oz, has been found about twenty miles from here. The country is being vigorously prospected. It is expected that something good will be…

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Mining Intelligence

The Australian Star · Monday 15 April 1889 · page 8
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

THE speculation in mining is becoming more general again (says a Queensland paper), though much greater caution is exercised in what is gone…

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Roads to the Silver Mines

The Australian Star · Monday 15 April 1889 · page 6

HOBART, This Day. -- The Minister for Lands promises to authorise the construction of a road from Waratah to[?]azlewood, to open up communication with the silver…

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To-day's Mining

The Australian Star · Monday 15 April 1889 · page 5

The sales effected at the Australasian Mining Exchange this morning were :-- SILVER, Block 14, 96s 6d…

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Trades and Labor News. Wallsend Miners

The Australian Star · Monday 15 April 1889 · page 8

A special meeting of the Wallsend miners was held in the Horticultural Hall on Friday evening, to consider the delegate minutes; Mr. W. Hogg in the…

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Discovery of Alluvial Gold Near Purnamoota. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 April 1889 · page 7

BROKEN-HILL, Saturday. -- A good deal of excitement prevails here in consequence of the discovery of alluvial gold about 26 miles from here. A large number of miner's rights have…

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The Gold Discovery Near Purnamoota. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Purnamoota

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 April 1889 · page 8

No new developments are reported from the alluvial goldfield. The results of the dirt washing from the sinkings are very variously returned. Some prospectors are retiring, but many are settling down, and have…

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Mining

Evening News · Tuesday 16 April 1889 · page 5
Also in The Daily Telegraph

BROKEN HILL, Monday.-Regarding the recent find of gold at Purnamoota, a reliable authority states he saw good results yielded from washing in holes sunk by the original prospectors. The general…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 April 1889 · page 9

The following transactions were recorded yesterday by the Sydney Stock Exchange:—Morning: Burwood Coal. 24s. 6d.; Vale of Clwydd, 16s. 6d.; Broken Hill Junction, 15s., 15s. 3d.; South…

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To-day's Mining

The Australian Star · Tuesday 16 April 1889 · page 5

There were no sales at the Australasian Mining Exchange this morning…

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